THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,... WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1949.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
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READY FOR ACTION—Alongside a pier at the naval station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, three giant tank landing ships of the United States Atlantic fleet prepare for an "assault landing." Nearby Vieques Island was to be invaded as part of manoeuvres in which 120 ships, several hundred aircraft and 35,000 men participated.
£50 WORTH - Lovely Marjorie Woodworth cuddles about £50 worth of a future fur coat. This little chinchilla was an entry in the sixth annual Live Chin- chilla Show In Ingle- wood, California.
SOLEMN OCCASION-Pope Pius XII greets Franklin C. Gowan (centre) United States permanent representative to the Holy See, at a special "audience at the Vatican. All members of the Vatican diplomatic corps assembled to expresA
their countries' views about the trial of Cardinal Mindszenty.
FRIENDLY KISS-At a meeting which celebrated Brotherhood Week in New York, nine-year-old Mary' Sussman, who represents the Children's International Group as Miss Canada, introduces a friend to singer Jane Froman. The eight-weeks-old puppy, “Amily,” is dressed for the occasion with a satin ribbon.
TWICE QUEEN-Mary Jane Mills, atudent at Barry College in Miami, Florida, was queen of that city's Biscayne Bay Regatta. Mary Jane was also the "Theme Girl" for the Miami Royal Poinciana Festival in 1948.
WRAPPED IN FLAME--Under a protective spray of water, two firemen climb a ladder through a smoke screen in New York to battle flaines shooting out of a high window. Hauling a hose with them, they crawl towards their flaming objective. One fireman was injured in the fire, which destroyed a fur dyeing plant.
STUDENTS ABROAD-American girls, all students of the Villa Schifanola Graduate College of Art, pose on one of the many beautiful stairways with two of the nuns who instruct there. The villa, in Florence, Italy, was donated to the Dominican Sisters by Myron.
Taylor, United States Envoy to the Vatican.
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